... Navy” in 2017 has put a second chapter to a young, but already successful story.
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Shuttleworth Fly Navy Airshow 2017
The event on June 4th was the successful continuation ...

Where? Landsberg/Lech, Penzing Airfield, Germany When? June / September 2017
The „Tag der Bundeswehr“ became a regular event to promote the German Armed Forces. Held on a Saturday usually around the ...

... rd Dog are found on the following pages. The above article uses some extract thereof:
http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft_colection/cessnao1g/
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2011/june/01/cessna-l-19-bird-dog-a-soldiers-best-fri ...

Where? Manching, Bavaria, Germany When?18/06/2016
On June, 18th, Airbus Defence&Space invited families and friends for an Open Doors day to their Manching plant. Apart from a view into the production ...

... in June to win a 1.4 trillion won ($1.3 billion) contract to provide four A330 / KC-30B MRTT in-flight refueling tankers to the ROKAF by 2019, the A400M was however the only bigger European asset on the ...

... of these three airfields.
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For sure three airshows on one week-end are a difficult choice, and whereas this is quite common in Europe around June or July, it was rather ...

... the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) and 25 years of the German “Unity Army” the “Tag der Bundeswehr” was celebrated on different locations all around Germany on June, 13th. Amongst others also at the ...

... modified Jumbo Jet, arrived on Sunday morning, June 7th at dawn. Nevertheless plenty of enthusiasts had gathered at this early hour along MUC’s Southern runway. Shortly after the VC-25A touched down, a ...

Where? Bavaria, Germany When? 07/2013
The months of June and July 2013 saw the final operations of German F-4F Phantoms. With Jagdgeschwader 71 "R" at Wittmund officially putting Luftwaffe Phantom operation ...

Where? Manching, Germany When? 07/2013
After the show of Jagdgeschwader 71 (JG71) at Wittmund to honour the end of the F-4F Phantom II service for the Luftwaffe at the end of June 2013, the two remaining ...

Where? Wittmund, Germany When? 28-29/06/2013
The sky was crying tears for the Phantom Pharewell event at Wittmund airbase. With initially nearly winter weather the last week-end in June was the date ...

... continent. Planned in the middle of June the weather unfortunately did not play completely ball, but the flying program promissed many highlights.
In the morning some warbirds such as a Fieseler Storch, ...

Where? Yeovilton, England When? 08-09/07/2011
It is not uncommon in Britain for the Airshow-busy months of June and July that interesting airshows clash together. This was also the case for the second ...

... and temperatures below 20° was not what you would usually expect in a June, but at least it did not rain. [ a small note: Photos in this report showing a blue sky have been taken during the rehersal day ...

... in the International air show, hosted at the 2nd Main Jet Base Command (Çigli/Izmir) on 04-05 June 2011. As Turkey is very secretive and restricted with everything regarding their military, it is no wonder ...

Where? Palatinate Forest When? June 2010
The big news on the German Warbird scene in 2009 was the arrival on one of the rare airworthy Polikarpov I-16 "Ishak". It reflects the pleasant trend to operat ...

... ht on the helicopters.
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ILA 2012 will be held June 12th - 17th, 2012. With the opening of the Berlin's future common BBI airport the area has to ...

... graduation ceremony of future IDF/AF pilots at the end of June. Scheduled shortly before sunset this event focuses of course on the achievements of the young graduates to gain their wings and the celebration ...

... wings.
The JG71 "Richthofen" in Northern Germany held one of these events in combination with its 50th anniversary week-end on June, 5th. Unlimited in the number of attendances the wing did its be ...

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La Ferte-Alais

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Where?La Ferté-Alais - Aerodrome de Cerny, FranceWhen?26-27/05/2012

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